Malasu 16
1 Ninia hidadea ninia hawa: hamomusa: ilegesa. Be Gode Ea hanai hamobe fawane fa: no ba: mu.
People plan what they want to do, but Yahweh is the one who decides [MTY] what really will happen.
2 Di da dia hamobe huluane da moloiwane dawa: sa. Be Hina Gode Hi fawane da dia asigi dawa: su hanai hou amoma fofada: sa.
People may think that their actions are right, but Yahweh really knows why people do what they do.
3 Dia hanai hamomu liligi huluane hahawane fidima: ne, Hina Godema sia: ne gadoma. Amasea, dia hamobe huluane, di da hahawane hamone dagomu.
(Request/Rely on) Yahweh to direct what you plan to do; [if you do that], you will succeed in what you plan.
4 Hina Gode da Ea hahamoi liligi huluane amo ea hamobe amola dagosu ilegei dagoi. Be wadela: i hamosu dunu huluane E da wadela: lesimusa: ilegei dagoi.
Yahweh knows why he does everything that he does; he has even prepared the wicked for the time that he will punish them.
5 Hina Gode da gasa fi dunu huluane higasa. Ilia da se iasu amo fisima: ne hobeamu da hamedei ba: mu.
Yahweh hates/detests everyone who is proud [IDM]; you can be certain [IDM] that they will be punished [LIT].
6 Dilia Gode Ea hou dafawaneyale dawa: ma amola mae yolesima. Amasea, E da Dilia wadela: i hou gogolema: ne olofomu. Hina Gode Ea sia: noga: le nabasea, Dilia da se hame nabimu.
Be loyal to Yahweh and faithfully [obey] him; if you do that, he will forgive you for having sinned. If we revere him, nothing evil will happen to us (OR, he will prevent evil things from happening to us).
7 Dilia da Hina Gode Ea hanai hamosea, dilima ha lai amola da sinidigili, bu Dilia na: iyadowane esalumu.
When our behavior pleases Yahweh, he even causes our enemies to act peacefully toward us.
8 Moloiwane hamobeba: le, liligi fonobahadi gaguiwane ba: mu da defea. Be ogogolewane hamobeba: le, liligi bagade gagumu da defea hame galebe.
It is better to have a small amount of money that is earned honestly than to have a lot of money that is acquired dishonestly.
9 Di da dia fa: no hamomu amo ilegelala. Be Gode Hi fawane da dia hamobe ouligisa.
People plan what they want to do, but Yahweh directs/determines what they will [really] be able to do.
10 Osobo bagade hina bagade da Gode da olelebeba: le fawane sia: sa. Ea hamomu sia: da giadofasu hame dawa:
[If] God directs what a king says, what he decides is [always] right/fair.
11 Hina Gode da bidi lasu hou amo ganodini, dioi defesu amola hou huluane moloidafa fawane ba: mu hanai gala.
Yahweh wants us to use scales that are correct; the weights in his bag are correct, [because] he made them.
12 Osobo bagade hina bagade ilia da wadela: i hou huluane higasa. Bai moloidafa hou fawane da eagene fi ilima gasa iaha.
Kings detest those who do evil, because [it is people doing what] is fair/right that causes their governments to be [MTY] strong.
13 Osobo bagade hina bagade da moloidafa sia: fawane nabimu hanai gala. E da moloidafa sia: dasu dunu ilima asigisa.
Kings are delighted to hear people say [MTY] what is true; they love those who say what is right/honest.
14 Noga: i dawa: su dunu da hina bagade hina: nodoma: ne hamosa. Be hina da ougi ba: sea, dunu afae da bogosa: besa: le, hou noga: le ouligimu da defea.
If a king becomes angry, he [may] command that someone be executed, [so] wise people will [try to] cause him to be calm.
15 Hina bagade ea dogolegei da agoane. Muagadodili gibu sa: ili, denesibi agoai hahawane esalusu diala.
If a king has a smile [MTY] on his face, he will enable people to have a [long] life (OR, he will not order people to be executed); his being pleased [with people] is [as delightful] as rain in the springtime [when seeds are planted].
16 Di da Bagade Dawa: su Hou hogoi helema. Amo hou ea lasu defei da gouli amola silifa amo lasu defei bagadewane baligisa.
Becoming wise is better than aquiring gold; getting good understanding/insight is better than acquiring silver.
17 Noga: i dunu da logo amo da wadela: i hou amoma afafai dagoi, amoga ahoa. Amaiba: le, dia logo ahoasu noga: le dawa: ma. Di da giadofale ahoanu, bogosa: besa: le, noga: le dawa: ma!
Those whose behavior [MET] is good/right turn away from doing evil; those who guard their conduct [MTY] protect their lives.
18 Dunu da gasa fi hou amola hihi hou hamosea, da wadela: lesi dagoi ba: mu.
Being proud will (lead to your having/cause you to have) disasters; despising others will result in your being ruined.
19 Dia hou fonoboiwane hame gaguiwane esalumu da defea. Be gasa fi hamone, wamolai liligi mogili labeba: le, bagade gaguiwane ba: mu da defea hame galebe.
It is better to be humble and poor than [to associate with] proud [people] and [to become rich by] dividing with them (plunder/goods captured in a battle).
20 Dima olelei liligi amo noga: le dawa: ma. Amasea, dia hou huluane da hahawane ba: mu. Hina Godema dafawaneyale dawa: le, di da eso huluane hahawane ba: mu.
Those who heed good teaching/instruction will prosper; happy are those who trust in Yahweh.
21 Nowa da asigi dawa: suga asigilai galea, eno dunu da ema nodosa. E da sia: noga: idafa sia: beba: le, eno dunu da ea fada: i sia: ne iasu amoma fa: no bobogesa.
People say that those who are wise learn what is right/good behavior, and those who talk pleasantly [are able to] influence others [to do what is right].
22 Bagade Dawa: su Hou da noga: i asigi dawa: su dunu ilima esalusu hano bubuga: su agoaiwane gala. Be amo moloi hou hame hamobe dunuma olelesea da udigili helesa.
Being wise is [like having] a fountain that gives life [MET], but foolish people are punished as a result of their acting foolishly.
23 Bagade dawa: su dunu da dadawa: lalu fawane sia: sa. Amasea, ilia da dawa: iwane sia: beba: le, eno dunu da ilia sia: amoga fa: no bobogesa.
Those who are wise think carefully before they talk, and as a result they are able to influence/persuade others [to do what is right].
24 Asigi sia: da agime hano ea hedai defele ba: sa. Amo da hedaidafa amola dima gasa iaha.
Kind words are like honey [SIM]: We enjoy them both, and both cause our bodies to be healthy/strong.
25 Di da logo dialebe ba: sea amola amo da logodafa di dawa: lala. Be amo logo da bogosu doaga: sa: besa: le, dawa: ma!
There are some kinds of behavior [MET] that people think are right, but (walking on those roads [MET]/continually doing those things) causes those people to die.
26 Hawa: hamosu dunu da ha: i manu hanaiba: le, baligili hawa: hamonana. Bai e da ha: i galebe amola sadimu hanai gala.
If a worker (has an appetite/is hungry), that urges him to work hard because he [SYN] wants to [earn money to buy things to] eat.
27 Wadela: i hamosu dunu da eno dunu se nabima: ne, logo hogoi helesa. Ilia sia: amolawane da gia: i bagade wadela: i sia: fawane gala.
Worthless people plan [ways to cause] trouble [for others], and [even] what they say [injures people] like a hot fire does [SIM].
28 Wadela: le hamosu dunu ilia da baligidu sia: be amo gaguli laha. Ilia da ilia na: iyado fi da: i dioma: ne amola afafama: ne wadela: lesisa.
Deceitful people cause strife/quarreling among other people; those who say false things about other people cause people who are friends to become enemies.
29 Nimi bagade gasa fi dunu da ilia na: iyado ilima ogogosa amola ili wadela: lesisa.
Those who act violently entice/encourage others [to also act violently] and lead them along a road that will end in disaster.
30 Nowa dunu da hohonomusa: si begini gasea o udigili onigisia, amo dawa: ma! Bai ilia da wadela: i hou hamomusa: dawa: lala.
People [sometimes] show with [one of] their eyes [to signal to their friends that they are] planning to do something to harm [others]; they smirk when they are about to do something evil.
31 Moloidafa dunu da ode bagohame esalumu. Amo da bidi Gode da ilima iaha. Momali hinabo da ilima hadigi habuga agoane gala.
Gray hair is [like] a glorious crown [MET] that is given to people who have always behaved righteously.
32 Hahawane, mae fisili, ouesalebe hou da gasa bagade hou baligisa. Dina: da: i hodo amola asigi dawa: su amoga ouligisu hou da moilai bai bagade bagohame amoga ouligisu hou, bagadewane baligisa.
Those who do not become angry quickly are better than those who are powerful; it is better to (control your temper/keep yourself from becoming very angry) than to conquer a city.
33 Osobo bagade dunu da Gode Ea hanai dawa: musa: , ululuasa. Be Gode Hi fawane da adole iasu ilegesa.
People (cast lots/throw marked stones) [to decide what should be done], but God is the one who truly decides what will happen.
